Example sentences of "be [adv] [adj] [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a difficult question that will be examined more fully later ; for the present I will answer it ( rather unsatisfactorily ) by saying that it is unusual for a syllable said on a level pitch to be so prominent that it would be described as carrying a level tone . |
| 2 | But can we be so confident that it can be stopped ? |
| 3 | If one had a particle with an energy above what is called the Planck energy , ten million million million GeV ( 1 followed by nineteen zeros ) , its mass would be so concentrated that it would cut itself off from the rest of the universe and form a little black hole . |
| 4 | The lack of clarity may be so total that it is comparatively meaningless to seek to identify a policy or to study its implementation . |
| 5 | Lord Denning said that it had to be so serious that it was of the first importance that offenders be brought to justice . |
| 6 | A distorted lack-of-pulse is unlikely to be so pulse-like that it confuses the equipment . |
| 7 | If I used that particular eyepiece on my 76-mm refractor , I would still obtain a magnification of around × 600 — but the image would be so faint that it would be completely useless . |
| 8 | He felt himself to be so uneducated that it seemed hopeless even to try to catch up with the ordinary things that people knew . |
| 9 | Studies were put in hand to see whether it would be practicable to deploy Blue Streak in hardened underground silos in the Welsh mountains or the Scottish highlands , but the cost was found to be so great that it would have beggared the Defence Vote , making the restoration of more efficient conventional forces impossible . |
| 10 | In fact , in extreme cases the water loss can be so great that it can be confused with a leaking pond . |
| 11 | With so many shades of grey to choose from , how can you be so sure that it 's right to see so much in your life in terms of black and white ? |
| 12 | There is law and order , well , sort of How can you be so sure that it 's not what it seems ? ’ |
| 13 | No Christology can be so low that it overcomes the feminist difficulty by saying of Jesus that he was no different from every other human who has lived . |
| 14 | But , even then , its temperature would be so low that it would take about a million million million million million million million million million million million years ( 1 with sixty-six zeros after it ) to evaporate completely . |
| 15 | If you choose a backing in the middle of the tonal range , such as a bright turquoise green , its colour will be so strong that it overpowers those of the pressed materials . |
| 16 | The magnetic field would be so strong that it could focus these particles into jets ejected outward along the axis of rotation of the black hole , that is , in the directions of its north and south poles . |
| 17 | What 's more , this would be so small that it would behave much like a neutralised proton , or ‘ neutron ’ . |
| 18 | Eventually it may be so long that it reaches the other side of the gap and becomes entangled in a leaf or a twig . |
| 19 | In addition , the charge may be so all-embracing that it confers on the chargee as a matter of fact the exclusive right to supply the debtor company with credit . |
| 20 | I took the cliff road and the wind could be so fierce that it blew me off my bike more than once . |
| 21 | It is appreciated that these recommendations may be difficult to accept but the ravages of addictive disease can be so severe that it must be sensible for those specifically at risk to be advised to do everything in their power to avoid awakening their potential . |
| 22 | Not least among the ‘ incidental ’ factors was the probability that a particular treatment might be so disagreeable that it was abandoned , or not used often enough . |
| 23 | For the optimists , anything that can be insisted upon will be so basic that it will almost inevitably be mastered incidentally , while the class is actually engaged in pursuits that are far more demanding , interesting , varied and relevant . |
| 24 | The majesty of a large gong is unique , while a throbbing roll on a big bass drum can be so quiet that it can be felt rather than be heard , inducing a sense of the supernatural . |
| 25 | Although royal icing should be firm , it should not be so hard that it can not be cut with a knife . |
| 26 | Eventually , the star would be so dim that it could no longer be seen from the spaceship : all that would be left would be a black hole in space . |
| 27 | ‘ What can be so important that it could n't wait ? |
| 28 | The loan requirements shall not be so stringent that it will make it impossible for a businessman to acquire these loans . |
| 29 | People need to see what they 're eating but the light must never be so bright that it kills any atmosphere you 're trying to achieve . |
| 30 | It would be highly unlikely that it would turn out to be very interesting . |